Syracuse, N.Y. - A Syracuse man kicked down the door to his landlord's apartment, grabbed the landlord's son by the throat and began choking him while demanding to know where his father was, according to a police report.

Todd Gordon, 46, a former worker for the Syracuse Department of Public Works, has been in an ongoing dispute over rent payments with his landlord for weeks, the Syracuse Police Department report stated.

Gordon admitted to arguing with the landlord's son but said he did not break into the residence or choke him. He told police he left the landlord's apartment without incident, according to the report.

Police did not believe Gordon. They found abrasions on the neck of the landlord's son and significant damage to the apartment's door, located at 176 Genesee Park Dr.

They also received a call from a woman who lives in the building that someone had broken into an apartment and had a loud argument. Her description of the suspect matched Gordon, police said.

Gordon has since been charged with second-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal mischief and criminal obstruction of breathing.